USS Wahoo (SS-518)

History
United States
Name:	USS Wahoo
Namesake:	The wahoo
Laid down:	Never
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 29 August 1945
General characteristics
Class & type:	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced ; 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged ;
Length:	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam:	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft:	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 2 × low-speed direct-drive General Electric electric motors; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed:	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced ; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged ;
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged ; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m)
Complement:	10 officers, 71 enlisted
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft); 28 torpedoes; ; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Wahoo (SS-518), a Tench-class submarine. Her construction was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 August 1944. The name Wahoo was reassigned to SS-516, which had already been laid down.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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United States
Name:	USS Wahoo
Namesake:	The wahoo
Laid down:	Never
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 29 August 1945
General characteristics
Class & type:	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine ^[1]
Displacement:	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced ^[1] 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged ^[1]
Length:	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) ^[1]
Beam:	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) ^[1]
Draft:	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum ^[1]
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators^[2]^[3] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[4] 2 × low-speed direct-drive General Electric electric motors^[2] two propellers ^[2] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[2] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged^[2]
Speed:	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced ^[5] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged ^[5]
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) ^[5]
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged ^[5] 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m) ^[5]
Complement:	10 officers, 71 enlisted ^[5]
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft) 28 torpedoes^[4] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun^[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon